Macintosh SE questions.

From: Mark <mark_k_at_iname.com>
Date: Sat Aug 8 10:55:11 1998

On Sat, 8 Aug 1998 "Lawrence Walker" <lwalker_at_mail.interlog.com> wrote:
> All non-Mac HDDs have this problem. Apple wanted to monopolize
>their market. It's been a while since I struggled with my Mac+ but
>there are several programs IIRC that you can use to format your HDD
>so the Mac will accept it. I'm not sure but check out the Silverlining page
>they have a free or shareware Lite program. There is likely something as
>well in the classicmac archives http://www.zws.com/classicmacs/

Here's something that I found on a web page:

Apple HD SC Setup 7.3.5 has a hidden switch to let you format ANY hard disk.
To enable it you must edit resource "wfwr", ID 67 and change $00 to $ff ! [Use
ResEdit to achieve this.]


It seems to work; at least, HD SC Setup no longer quits on my (emulated) Mac
with SCSI MO drive. Haven't got a blank disk to test it out fully though.

(Aside: Is the old pre-System 6 Mac OS software still on the Apple site?)

 
-- Mark
Received on Sat Aug 08 1998 - 10:55:11 BST

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